Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of clinics by the State Department of Public Health, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic that meets identified requirements, including specified minimum construction standards of adequacy and safety for clinics, to add a physical plant under a consolidated license or an affiliate clinic license. Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, in consultation with the Community Clinics Advisory Committee, to prescribe minimum construction standards of adequacy and safety for the physical plant of clinics.
This bill would require those standards to be based on the type of facility, the needs of the patients served, and the types and levels of services provided. The bill would require those standards to be updated by July 1, 2021.

Statutes affected:
AB 2644: 1226 HSC
02/20/20 - Introduced: 1226 HSC
AB2644: 1226 HSC